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IoT and Edge/Fog Computing

IoT and Edge/Fog Computing is a research topic within Computer Networks and Communications. Science Explorer counts 62k research works in it since 1966. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of Internet of Things (IoT) and edge computing, including topics such as fog computing, mobile edge computing, security and privacy challenges, applications in smart cities and healthcare, 5G networks, and the integration of deep learning with IoT. The papers also discuss the potential of IoT in enabling technologies, the challenges in architecture, and the future directions for IoT development.

  • Internet of Things
  • Edge Computing
  • Fog Computing
  • Mobile Edge Computing
  • Security and Privacy
  • Smart Cities
  • Healthcare
  • 5G Networks
  • Deep Learning
  • IoT Security
Research works
62k
fractional, since 1966
In the world top 10%
6.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+28%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
36% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
IoT and Edge/Fog Computing

Which countries lead IoT and Edge/Fog Computing research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (6.7k and 5.9k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 6.7k works
  2. 2 China 5.9k works
  3. 3 United States 2.1k works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 665 works
  5. 5 Italy 615 works
  6. 6 Saudi Arabia 592 works
  7. 7 South Korea 555 works
  8. 8 Brazil 543 works
  9. 9 Canada 503 works
  10. 10 Germany 453 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

India: 36.1%China: 31.4%United States: 11.5%United Kingdom: 3.6%6 others listed: 17.5%36%largest
India6,728 · 36.1%China5,868 · 31.4%United States2,138 · 11.5%United Kingdom665 · 3.6%6 others listed3,261 · 17.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead IoT and Edge/Fog Computing research?

By volume in 2022-now, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications publishes the most IoT and Edge/Fog Computing research, followed by SRM Institute of Science and Technology and Vellore Institute of Technology University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 257 works
  2. 2 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 249 works
  3. 3 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 193 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 158 works
  5. 5 Chandigarh UniversityIndia 141 works
  6. 6 Saveetha UniversityIndia 141 works
  7. 7 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 136 works
  8. 8 Chitkara UniversityIndia 132 works
  9. 9 Koneru Lakshmaiah Education FoundationIndia 104 works
  10. 10 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 96 works

Who are the leading researchers in IoT and Edge/Fog Computing?

The most-cited researchers publishing on IoT and Edge/Fog Computing include Bach Xuan Tran, Xiaogang Wang and Kai You Wang.

  1. 1 Bach Xuan Tran Vietnam 263k citations
  2. 2 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  3. 3 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  4. 4 Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam Australia 195k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in IoT and Edge/Fog Computing?

The most cited paper in IoT and Edge/Fog Computing is "The Internet of Things: A survey" (Luigi Atzori, Antonio Iera, Giacomo Morabito, 2010), with 15,532 citations. Next come "Internet of Things (IoT): A vision, architectural elements, and future directions" (12,285) and "A view of cloud computing" (9,132).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Internet of Things: A survey Luigi Atzori, Antonio Iera, Giacomo Morabito · Computer Networks 2 Jun 2010 15,532
2 Internet of Things (IoT): A vision, architectural elements, and future directions Jayavardhana Gubbi, Rajkumar Buyya, Slaven Marusic et al. · Future Generation Computer Systems Open access 24 Feb 2013 12,285
3 A view of cloud computing Michael Armbrust, Armando Fox, Rean Griffith et al. · Communications of the ACM Open access 30 Mar 2010 9,132
4 Internet of Things: A Survey on Enabling Technologies, Protocols, and Applications Ala Al‐Fuqaha, Mohsen Guizani, Mehdi Mohammadi et al. · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials Open access 2015 8,629
5 Edge Computing: Vision and Challenges Weisong Shi, Jie Cao, Quan Zhang et al. · IEEE Internet of Things Journal 9 Jun 2016 8,577
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is IoT and Edge/Fog Computing research done?

The largest centres of IoT and Edge/Fog Computing research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Chennai (India), Nanjing (China) and Bengaluru (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Gumi and Coimbatore.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 1.2k works
  2. 2 ChennaiIndia 753 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 414 works
  4. 4 BengaluruIndia 397 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 305 works
  6. 6 GuangzhouChina 297 works
  7. 7 Xi'anChina 283 works
  8. 8 CoimbatoreIndia 260 works
  9. 9 SeoulSouth Korea 258 works
  10. 10 PuneIndia 251 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GumiKR · 29.0 works16×
  2. Coimbatore31.4 works14×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in IoT and Edge/Fog Computing than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study IoT and Edge/Fog Computing?

Among universities, judged by research, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, Nanyang Technological University and Islamic Azad University, Tehran score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 24.49%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Mohamed bin Zayed Un…Nanyang Technologica…Princess Nourah bint…Islamic Azad Univers…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial IntelligenceUnited Arab Emirates 74.032.0%22.9×21 +1911.6%
2Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 69.126.1%3.2×60 +117.3%
3Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 65.921.5%3.5×136 +12.5%
4Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman UniversitySaudi Arabia 64.125.7%4.7×28 +267.1%
5Jouf UniversitySaudi Arabia 63.831.0%5.0×16 +139.6%
6Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 61.810.9%17.1×257 +8.7%
7King Faisal UniversitySaudi Arabia 61.024.7%3.7×22 +169.5%
8Xidian UniversityChina 60.918.0%5.1×87 +33.5%
9University of TabukSaudi Arabia 60.824.6%6.9×22 +352.9%
10Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChina 60.730.4%2.2×22 +54.1%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in IoT and Edge/Fog Computing, country by country

Is IoT and Edge/Fog Computing research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are IoT and Edge/Fog Computing.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is IoT and Edge/Fog Computing as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.11% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%IoT and Edge/Fog Computing0.12% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of IoT and Edge/Fog Computing over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%IoT and Edge/Fog Computing9.8% in 202520102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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